App/Blog/website of the week

There is a very good series currently on BBC4 – Secrets of Bones. This is the series’ website http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03vrtkp The frog at the end of the 1st episode is courtesy of the one and only Rob Gandola

Tiny Farms (suggested by Becks Spake, thank you Becks!) –  If you are following the entomophagy movement and interested in growing your own bugs then keep your eye on Tiny Farms, a DIY open-source bug farming kit that hopes to be commercially available in early 2014: http://www.tiny-farms.com/

Evernote: Making notes, lists, saving photos, annotating, recording and storing lectures etc. Syncs easily with your computer. http://evernote.com/

Conservation careers http://www.conservation-careers.com/

PhD student Zoe Harris suggests that you should all “like” this facebook group https://www.facebook.com/Ilovebiodiversity

Dr M goes wild ! Dr M is a lecturer at Reading University who has coined the phrase “Extreme Botany” as part of his passion for plant identification. Watch out for my guest post soon! http://drmgoeswild.com/

Bug girl http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/10/welcome-to-charismatic-minifauna/

The Neanderthal notebook http://www.scilogs.com/i_eva/neanderthal-notebook/

Nature.com Reader app – now you can read your favourite Nature articles on your phone (maybe we’ll be able read one of your publications one day…)

Photosynth allows you to take panoramic photos using your smartphone.